The present invention is directed to a secure tracking and monitoring device that may not be easily taken off by the wearer or by a perpetrator without biometrically authenticated authorization. The secure tracking and monitoring device includes: a smartwatch, the smartwatch including a first computer program product; a first band with a first end attached to the smartwatch; a second band with a first end attached to the smartwatch; a biometric locking device that attaches a second end of the first band to a second end of the second band; a processor, memory, a second computer program product, a wireless transceiver, one or more locking actuators, a battery, and first camera each operatively attached to the biometric locking device; and a gel ring attached to a surface of the biometric locking device.
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1. A secure tracking and monitoring device, wearable on a wrist, the device comprising: a watch; a first band comprising a first end and an opposite, second end, with the first end of the first band attached to said watch; a second band comprising a first end and an opposite, second end, with a first end of the second band attached to said watch; a first plurality of cameras disposed in spaced-apart relationship about a periphery of the watch; one or more lights configured to illuminate a field of view of the first plurality of cameras; a first plurality of lights configured to illuminate a field of view of the first plurality of cameras, wherein each light of the first plurality of lights arranged between a respective pair of adjacent cameras of the first plurality of cameras; a biometric locking device comprising one or more biometric sensors configured to detect a biometric characteristic of a subject and responsively generate a biometric input, and one or more locking actuators configured to selectively adopt a locked position in which the one or more locking actuators disconnectably attach the second end of the first band to the second end of the second band and an unlocked position in which the one or more locking actuators do not attach the second end of the first band to the second end of the second band; and at least one controller comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to execute the operations of: receiving a biometric input generated by the one or more biometric sensors; comparing said received biometric input with a specific biometric input stored in the memory, said specific biometric input corresponding to an authorized subject; and if said received biometric input matches said specific biometric input, operating said one or more locking actuators to switch between the locked position and the unlocked position.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more biometric sensors are configured to detect at least one of a fingerprint, a face, an image, a retina, a barcode, and a voice.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more biometric sensors comprise at least one biometric sensor on the watch.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more biometric sensors comprise at least one biometric sensor at the second end of the second band.
5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the biometric locking device comprises a housing at the second end of the second band, the housing comprising said at least one biometric sensor.
6. The device of claim 5 , wherein said at least one biometric sensor comprises a plurality of cameras arranged around the housing.
7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one biometric sensor comprises a plurality of biometric sensors arranged around the housing.
8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one biometric sensor comprises a top central camera comprised at a top, central area of the housing.
9. The device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one biometric sensor comprises a top central biometric sensor comprised at a top, central area of the housing.
10. The device of claim 5 , wherein at least one biometric sensor of the one or more biometric sensors is located at a top, recessed surface of the housing.
11. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a keeper carried by the second band, the keeper configured to secure the first band to the second band independently of the biometric locking device.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the keeper comprises a spring-loaded rod configured to selectively couple with a plurality of openings formed along the first band.
13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the watch further comprises a second plurality of cameras and a second plurality of lights disposed in spaced-apart relationship about a periphery of the watch, each light of the second plurality of lights arranged between a respective pair of adjacent cameras of the second plurality of cameras, wherein the second plurality of lights and second plurality of cameras are arranged in vertical alignment and below the first plurality of lights and first plurality of cameras, respectively, and further wherein the first plurality of cameras are oriented upward and radially outward of the watch and the second plurality of cameras are oriented radially outward of the watch.
14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the watch further comprises a screen and an annular speaker output disposed around the screen.
15. The device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one wireless transceiver providing wireless digital communication between the at least one controller and an external electronic device.
16. A secure tracking and monitoring device, wearable on a wrist, the device comprising: a watch; a first band comprising a first end and an opposite, second end, with the first end of the first band attached to said watch; a second band comprising a first end and an opposite, second end, with a first end of the second band attached to said watch; a biometric locking device comprising one or more biometric sensors configured to detect a biometric characteristic of a subject and responsively generate a biometric input, and one or more locking actuators configured to selectively adopt a locked position in which the one or more locking actuators disconnectably attach the second end of the first band to the second end of the second band and an unlocked position in which the one or more locking actuators do not attach the second end of the first band to the second end of the second band, wherein the one or more biometric sensors comprise at least one biometric sensor at the second end of the second band; and at least one controller comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to execute the operations of: receiving a biometric input generated by the one or more biometric sensors; comparing said received biometric input with a specific biometric input stored in the memory, said specific biometric input corresponding to an authorized subject; and if said received biometric input matches said specific biometric input, operating said one or more locking actuators to switch between the locked position and the unlocked position; and further wherein the watch comprises: a first plurality of cameras and a first plurality of lights disposed in spaced-apart relationship about a periphery of the watch, each light of the first plurality of lights arranged between a respective pair of adjacent cameras of the first plurality of cameras, and a second plurality of cameras and a second plurality of lights disposed in spaced-apart relationship about a periphery of the watch, each light of the second plurality of lights arranged between a respective pair of adjacent cameras of the second plurality of cameras, wherein the second plurality of lights and second plurality of cameras are arranged in vertical alignment and below the first plurality of lights and first plurality of cameras, respectively, and further wherein the first plurality of cameras are oriented upward and radially outward of the watch and the second plurality of cameras are oriented radially outward of the watch.
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